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# need — English to Ukrainian

How English *need* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [need in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/need/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: need (2 511), needs (511). By style: everyday 2 955 · biblical 67.

## потрібно

Used about 1 849 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 847 · biblical ≈ 2). Forms: потрібна, потрібно, потрібні.

- What more do you **need**?
  Що ще вам **потрібно**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#1877237](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1877237) [\#5768859](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5768859))

- and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you **need**. We will bring it to you in rafts by sea to Joppa; then you shall carry it up to Jerusalem.”
  А ми нарубаємо дерев на Ливанї, скільки тобі **потрібно**, й приставимо їх в плотях морем до Яфи, а ти перевезеш їх у Ерусалим.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CH 2:16)

- This is what you **need**.
  Ось що вам **потрібно**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#7453391](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7453391) [\#8105402](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8105402))

- That which they have **need** of, including young bulls, rams, and lambs, for burnt offerings to the God of heaven; also wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests who are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail,
  І скільки **потрібно** — чи телят, чи баранів або ягнят до всепалення Богові небесному, так само пшеницї, соли, вина й оливи, як скажуть сьвященники Ерусалимські, нехай буде видавано їм день-у-день без гаяння,
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZR 6:9)

- This is what you **need**.
  Ось що тобі **потрібно**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#7453391](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7453391) [\#8105403](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8105403))

## треба

Used about 280 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 246 · biblical ≈ 34).

- Do I **need** an operation?
  Мені **треба** зробити операцію?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and aandrusiak · checked, community translation · [\#266016](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/266016) [\#493513](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/493513))

- They said, “The Lord **needs** it.”
  Вони ж сказали: Господеві його **треба**.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 19:34)

- I **need** to be more careful.
  Мені **треба** бути обачливішим.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and shanghainese · checked, community translation · [\#1821462](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1821462) [\#3950352](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3950352))

- But Jesus said to them, “They don’t **need** to go away. You give them something to eat.”
  Ісус же рече їм: Не **треба** їм ійти; дайте ви їм їсти.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 14:16)

- You **need** a haircut, Tom.
  Тобі **треба** підстригтися, Томе.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3219245](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3219245) [\#5804094](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5804094))

## тому

Used about 215 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 215).

- Tom doesn't **need** glasses.
  **Тому** не потрібні окуляри.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2272654](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2272654) [\#7949559](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7949559))

- Tom **needs** a new knapsack.
  **Тому** потрібен новий рюкзак.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#10321063](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10321063) [\#10324565](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10324565))

- Tom **needs** a new rucksack.
  **Тому** потрібен новий рюкзак.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#10324566](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10324566) [\#10324565](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10324565))

- Tom **needs** a new pair of glasses.
  **Тому** потрібні нові окуляри.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#1024412](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1024412) [\#8098691](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8098691))

- Tom **needs** to work on his French.
  **Тому** треба працювати над його французькою.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by DJ\_Saidez and Ahha · checked, community translation · [\#9534259](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9534259) [\#9538123](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9538123))

## зробити

Used about 62 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 62).

- Mary says she **needs** to do that.
  Мері каже, що повинна це **зробити**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CF and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6426504](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6426504) [\#6979254](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6979254))

- We **need** to do the important things first.
  Спочатку ми повинні **зробити** важливе.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#7530623](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7530623) [\#12372628](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12372628))

## мені

Used about 31 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 31).

- I **need** a pencil. Can you lend me yours?
  **Мені** потрібен олівець. Ти не міг би позичити мені свій?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#12546867](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12546867) [\#12546969](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12546969))

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Tom said that you **need** to go.
  Том сказав, що ви мусите піти.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5813869](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5813869) [\#7561250](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7561250))

- God knows what we **need**.
  Бог знає, що ми потребуємо.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2886790](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2886790) [\#7124424](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7124424))

- There seems no **need** to hurry.
  Здається, немає потреби поспішати.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#19653](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/19653) [\#473684](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/473684))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [Ukrainian grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/uk/) · [translating between English and Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-uk/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-uk/).

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